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Welcome to Sonderbooks, an e-zine of book reviews by Sondra Eklund.
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*****A Generous Orthodoxy, by Brian D. McLaren
*****Love and Respect, by Dr. Emerson Eggerichs
****Against Depression, by Peter D. Kramer
****The Narrow Road, by Brother Andrew, with John and Elizabeth Sherrill
****Up and Down in the Dales, by Gervase Phinn

*****Q & A, by Vikas Swarup
****The Big Over Easy, by Jasper Fforde
**A Long Way Down, by Nick Hornby

Young Adult Fiction

****The Widow and the King, by John Dickinson

Children's Nonfiction

****A Book About Design, by Mark Gonyea
***Mother Teresa, by Demi

Children's Fiction

****Babe:  The Gallant Pig, by Dick King-Smith, illustrated by Maggie Kneen
***Whales on Stilts! by M. T. Anderson
***Gooney Bird and the Room Mother, by Lois Lowry, illustrated by Middy Thomas

(Fiction): ****Out of the Silent Planet, by C. S. Lewis

****The Blue Day Book for Kids, by Bradley Trevor Greive

“It is not how much we do
but how much love we put in the doing
that makes our offering something beautiful for God.”

—Mother Teresa, quoted in Mother Teresa, by Demi

Sonder is a German prefix meaning "special."